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Manage tabs, bookmarks, downloads, profiles, and everyday browser settings.
Search this topicClick the profile picture in desktop Chrome and choose Add Chrome profile. Give the new profile a recognizable name and color, then sign in to the appropriate account if you want its data available elsewhere. Each profile keeps its own browsing information. Switch profiles from the same menu so work bookmarks do not mix with personal ones.
A Chrome profile separates browser information, but it is not a security lock. Someone with access to your computer can switch into another Chrome profile and see its browsing data. Use profiles to organize accounts, and use separate operating-system accounts and screen locks when you need to restrict who can access your computer sessions.
Click Chrome's profile control and open Manage Chrome profiles. On the unwanted profile, open its three-dot menu and choose Delete, then confirm. This erases that profile's local bookmarks, history, passwords and settings. Before deleting it, make sure any information you need is saved elsewhere; removing a profile is more consequential than closing its window.
Open the page and click the star at the right of Chrome's address bar. Give the bookmark a name you will recognize and choose a folder. To see the bookmarks bar, open More, Bookmarks and lists, then Show bookmarks bar. A bookmark saves the address; it does not preserve an offline copy of the page.
Type @bookmarks in Chrome's address bar, press Tab or Space, and enter words from the bookmark's name or address. Select the matching result to open it. You can also open Bookmark Manager from Bookmarks and lists. Searching bookmarks is different from searching browsing history, so a page must have been bookmarked to appear here.
Open More, Bookmarks and lists, then Bookmark Manager. Use its menu to add a folder, and drag related bookmarks into it. You can rename or reorder entries while organizing. Make a few practical groups, such as current projects and reference pages, rather than creating a folder for every link you save.
Open Chrome's Bookmark Manager from More and Bookmarks and lists. Use the manager's menu to choose Export Bookmarks and save the HTML file. Import that file through the other browser's bookmark tools. This transfers bookmark links; it is not a backup of your passwords, open tabs or the contents of bookmarked websites.
Export the other browser's bookmarks as an HTML file first. In Chrome, open More, Bookmarks and lists, then Import bookmarks and settings, and select the saved file. Look through the imported folder afterward to check the result. Importing adds links to Chrome; it does not remove them from the original browser.
Open Chrome's More menu, choose Passwords and autofill, and select the relevant contact or address information. Edit or delete the outdated entry through its menu. Information stored in Google Wallet may need to be changed there. Check the filled form before submitting, especially when several saved addresses have similar names.
Check Passwords and autofill to confirm the address exists and that Save and fill is enabled for that information type. Also check which Google Account is signed in. Some forms are not recognized or are not secure enough for Chrome to fill. Enter the information manually if needed and review every field before submitting.
Sign in to Chrome and open the site's registration form. Select the password field and choose Use strong password, or right-click the field and look for Generate password. Accept the suggestion and finish registration so the saved credential matches the new account. Confirm that the username is correct before relying on autofill next time.
Open More, Passwords and autofill, then Google Password Manager. In Settings, confirm that password-saving offers are enabled. Look under Declined sites and apps and remove the site you want to allow again. Then sign in on that site normally. Removing it from the declined list does not itself create or change a password.
Open Chrome Settings and select Search engine. Use Change to choose Google from the available options. This controls searches typed into Chrome's address bar; it does not decide which browser opens links from other applications. If your work or school manages the setting, an administrator may need to change it.
In Settings, open Search engine, then Manage search engines and site search. Add a site-search name, shortcut and results-page URL, replacing the actual search term in that URL with %s. Use a site with a recognizable search URL. Its homepage address alone usually will not tell Chrome where to insert your query.
Open Settings and select On startup, then Open a specific page or set of pages. Add the addresses you want, or choose Use current pages after opening only the desired tabs. Review the list so unwanted tabs are not included. This controls startup pages, which are separate from the page opened by the Home button.
Open Chrome Settings and select Appearance. Turn on Show Home button, then choose the New Tab page or enter your preferred homepage. The button appears to the left of the address bar. Clicking it opens that page; this setting does not determine which tabs reopen when you first launch Chrome.
Right-click a tab and choose Add tab to group, then New group. Name the group and choose a color; drag related tabs into it. Click the group name to collapse or expand the tabs. Use Close group if you want to reopen it later, and distinguish that from Delete group, which removes the saved group.
Type @tabs in the address bar, press Tab or Space and enter words from the page title or site. Choose the matching tab to switch to it. You can also open Tab Search from the tab strip. This searches tabs already open, helping you avoid opening another copy of a page you are using.
Open Chrome's More menu, select More tools and then Task manager. Find the unresponsive page and choose End process. Check the selected row carefully so you do not stop an unrelated extension or page. Unsaved work in the stopped tab may be lost, so try a normal close first when it still responds.
Open the website, click the site-information control to the left of its address and choose Site settings. Change the camera or microphone permission for that site, then return to the page and reload if needed. This lets you correct one site's access without allowing every website to use your devices.
Allow this time grants the requested permission for the current visit, so the site must ask again on a later visit. Allow while visiting the site also permits future visits. Choose based on whether you expect to use the feature regularly, and review the site address before granting sensitive permissions such as camera or location.
Open More, Extensions and Manage extensions. Turn the extension off for a temporary troubleshooting check, or choose Remove to uninstall it. If a page stops working, disable one suspected extension at a time and retest. Do not immediately re-enable an unfamiliar extension merely because a website tells you to do so.
In Manage extensions, open the extension's Details and review its site-access controls. Choose On specific sites and add the sites it needs, or allow access only when you select it. This controls matching website access, but does not constrain every kind of permission; extensions that alter proxy or VPN settings work differently.
Click the Extensions control beside the address bar and find the extension. Select its pin control to keep the icon visible on the toolbar. Unpin hides the shortcut without uninstalling or disabling the extension. If it is missing from the list entirely, check Manage extensions to see whether it is installed and enabled.
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